From: Mark Wilden <mark@...>
Date: 2008-05-26T05:05:33+09:00
Subject: Re: #plural? or #singular?

On May 25, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Robert Dober wrote:

> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Dave Bass <davebass@musician.org>  
> wrote:
>> Mark Wilden wrote:
>>> My favourite (sic) is the British use of the possessive for no  
>>> reason:
>>> "We're going to Tesco's". :)
>>
>> I think you'll find it's short for "We're going to Tesco's [store]".
> And if I might add, I guess this too will be used frequently:
> We're going to Tesco's because *they* have some new -- dunoo what they
> are selling tho ;)

Well, OK, but it seems to me the same as saying "We're going to  
England's." I mean, when you think about it, any possessive -could-  
have an implied noun.

I think the usage simply arises from the fact that many stores do have  
possessive names, so it feels "natural."

///ark